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Sophie and the Shofar
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Fran Manushkin,
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Rosalind Charney Kaye
Two cousins, Sophie and
Sasha, play and work
togetheruntil a missing
shofar comes between them.
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Caring for the Soul: R'fuat HaNefesh
Edited by Richard F. Address
Item #: 381593
A Mental Health Resource and Study Guide Caring for the Soul: R'fuat HaNefesh was created as a response to the need to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma within congregations regarding individuals and families who are dealing with mental health issues. This study guide is mea...
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Did Moses Really Have Horns? And Other Myths About Jews and Judaism
Rifat Sonsino
Item #: 405400
Why did generations of people grow up thinking that Jews really had horns? Did Eve really eat an apple, and if not, why does everyone think she did? Did Noah’s ark really exist? Did Moses really write the Torah?
This fascinating book explores these and many other assumptio...
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Duties of the Soul: The Role of Commandments in Liberal Judaism
Edited with an introduction by Niles E. Goldstein and Peter S. Knobel
Item #: 166003
This outstanding anthology of thirteen essays by esteemed leaders of the Reform rabbinate reexamines the role of mitzvot in liberal Judaism as viewed through philosophical, experiential, and practical contexts. In this groundbreaking collection, Niles E. Goldstein and Peter S. Knobel identify the...
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Eichah: A Modern Commentary on Lamentations
Translation and Commentary by Leonard S. Kravitz and Kerry M. Olitzky
Item #: 516790
From the authors of the classic commentaries on Jonah, Ruth, the Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, and Pirke Avot comes this new volume on the Book of Lamentations. Using commentary from the Targum, Rashi, and Ibn Ezra, as well as contemporary sources, Rabbis Kravitz and Olitsky shed new lig...
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Esther: A Modern Commentary
Translation and Commentary by Leonard S. Kravitz and Kerry M. Olitzky
Item #: 160530
More than the centerpiece of Purim celebrations, Esther is unique in the biblical canon, and raises as many questions as it reveals answers. It is a rich source for text study, at Purim and throughout the year.
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Every Person's Guide to Judaism
Stephen J. Einstein and Lydia Kukoff
Item #: 142610
A straightforward introduction to Judaism, its customs, ceremonies, and theology for daily living. Chapters include the Sabbath, festivals, life-cycle events, aspects of faith, the Jewish home, and more.
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Faithful Heart, A: Preparing for the High Holidays
Benjamin Levy, Foreword by Rabbi Norman Cohen
Item #: 381778
A Study Text Based on the Midrash Maaseh Avraham Avinu A Faithful Heart takes the reader on a spiritual journey into the fascinating text Maaseh Avraham Avinu, a compilation of the midrashic sources about Abraham, the first acknowledged Jew. Providing his own translation ...
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Faithful Spirit, A: Preparing for Chanukah
Edited with Commentary by Benjamin Levy
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Chanukah is one of the most celebrated of Jewish holidays, but how much do we really know and understand about it? A Faithful Spirit is based on a midrashic text, M'gillat Antiochus, which is traditionally read during Chanukah in Italian and Yemenite synagogues the same way that M'gillat Esther i...
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Finding Each Other In Judaism
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Drawing from both traditional and contemporary Jewish sources, this book explores Jewish life-cycle passages such as birth, bar/bat mitzvah, conversion, marriage, illness, and the end of life. Using profound insights, meditations and poetry on the events and rites that frame Jewish life, Rabbi Sc...
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Finding God: Selected Responses (Revised Edition)
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Finding God, by way of essays on significant Jewish thinkers, attempts to answer the questions looming above us all: What is God? Is there more than one God? How can we know God? What does God "want" from us? How does God relate to me? This latest edition of Finding God inclu...
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Galilee Diary: Reflections on Daily Life in Israel
Marc Rosenstein
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For most American Jews, Israel is only seen through the lens of the
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Gift of Prayer, A: The Spirituality of Jewish Women
Women of Reform Judaism
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What are the prayers that women pray, the meditations of their hearts? Women of Reform Judaism, The Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, has collected the writings of its members and of women rabbis to create this gift book of personal prayers, poetry, reflections and meditations for every occasion ...
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